'الملف رقم 18/55 I (C 101) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني للبحرين' [و‎‎١‎٩‎٤] (٤٧٧/٤٠١)

proposes to pay the Shaikh Khldmah as usual.
Rs.oOO/- a month is a liberal allowance as the Khldmah
c 1 1 cto(i drrinf 1913(_a good year)was only Hs.SSPR/- and in
1914 a year o:' excessiye litigation 58.3708/- out of which
R s .39C|/„ were fees on cases in which Bahrain subjects were
inrolyed learing Re.3313/- Khidmah on other oases.
but _ thir.k it will do no harm to offer a liberal sum.
Unless oh; EVaikh can see from his accounts (which is un
likely) what he received in prerious years and io know that
he is getting a good bargain, he will be suspicious that we
are trying to do him whatever we offer. If the Shaikh will
agree to settle the Khidmah question a lump sum monthly
it will be a good thing. —I cannot find any special discussion
of the Xhidijaah question on the files. I thought there had
bee; some, and so did you.- V/hen I was at Bahrain I went
into it to some extent in connection with my proposals for
cr-eass in establishment, but apparently the point of com- li
pensating the Shaikh was not raised.
] : >• the actual fees .'ajor Heyes has drawn up a
^cale which he proposes as temporary measure^ a report to be
made after a complete years working,
h"i^ 'ropobed scale oi xees is a ver^'' low one#
On lie other hand the scale of fees under the Persian
0attach 0 d} Coast and Islands Order is a rery high one, and quite un-
suitanle-- as I found in liuhammareh.for poor litigants.
Of course fees under Orders in Council such as the Persian
Coast and Islands would ^ally be high / be-- based on the
assumption that the British and British Indian subjects
making use of them wo^ld all be well to do, and able to afford
litigation as a luxury; no doubt there is the secondary
consideration of reducing litigation with which Consular
C^nj-ts are not, as a rule, yery well qualified to deal.
In order not to upset local custom Major Keyes suggests
(i P aj ' aG 2 and ) of his letter) that a fe© of H s .s/p /- only
should be charged on suits settled by consent, as so many ar^,
1 agree that this is a good idea.